Other projects focus on the LGBTQ community, including, "They, Them, Theirs: Showcasing Trans Lives." The Theater Offensive, which bills itself as the "largest and longest-running lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth theater program" in the country, received $15,000 for the performance.

A retreat for "promising LGBTQ writers" in Los Angeles is costing $25,000, and part of a $40,000 grant to a center in Oakland is going to storytelling workshops for community organizers.

The San Francisco arts center "Fresh Meat Productions" received $15,000 for a "full-throttle" gay and transgender dance performance about AIDS.

The Queer Cultural Center in San Francisco received $15,000 for "new works by commissioned LGBT artists of color from the Bay Area."

The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project received $20,000 for a filmmaking workshop. The organization says it creates "high-impact films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color (cisgender & transgender), gender nonconforming and transgender people of color (of any orientation), and address the vital, intersecting social justice issues that concern our multiple communities."

An exhibition in Birmingham, Ala., received $25,000 for work by female artists that "explores social justice issues."

A small town in Minnesota received $75,000 to put on dance parties and walking events.

Other projects include $90,000 for a three-week songwriting class for elderly people who live in federal public housing, and $10,000 for a class taught by master clowns in San Francisco.

James Madison University received $20,000 to study using songwriting to "explore issues of incarceration, equity, justice, and community."

Two projects totaling $35,000 received funding to do exhibits on the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. One will focus on "themes of understanding and unity," while another will be a dance in Seattle about the "mass shooting." Neither project mentions terrorism.

An artist group in New York City that recently raised a "resist" flag over its headquarters received $40,000 for an installation about "capitalism, immigration, and the promise of the ‘American Dream'" near the Statue of Liberty.

A choral festival at Philadelphia churches featuring songs based on conversations with homeless men and environmentalism received $30,000, and exhibitions in Pittsburgh of refugees, gentrification, and personal space received $20,000.

The NEA is spending $30,000 to write "love poems to San Antonio," and $10,000 for an annual gathering of basket weavers.

An "Art Truck" that will take artists to parking lots and farmers' markets in Arlington, Va., is costing $25,000.

A play that questions whether Cain, who committed the first murder in the Bible, was a criminal is costing $10,000.

The total price tag for the above listed National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) projects and more is $1,070,000 and climbing.

Would you agree with me that any taxpayer monies spent should be spent on programs that help all taxpayer’s or at the very least society as a whole?

Also would you agree with me that the projects listed above do not meet the criteria of programs that help all taxpayer’s or at the very least society as a whole?